Nov 19, 2022 | ARTicle
By MATTHEW KENSLOW Matthew Kenslow is the author of Juggling The Issues: Living With Asperger’s Syndrome. The below extract, from the chapter The Struggles Of Reading And Test Taking is used by permission. Since I am quite talkative and enjoy...
Nov 16, 2022 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL The Waterboys are playing shows at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in Cape Town (25 November) and at Marks Park in Johannesburg (27 November) as part of their first South African tour. The band has been around in one form or another...
Nov 7, 2022 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Flawed but formidable San Francisco Police Detective Kate Barnes is forced to confront an unimaginable evil in Dark Obsessions — the follow-up to Marie Sutro’s debut, Dark Associations. Reeling from the trauma of her last case, San...
Oct 24, 2022 | ARTicle
Siobhan McSweeney plays Brid Riordan in Holding, ITV’s adaptation of Graham Norton’s funny and tenderly perceptive best selling debut novel of the same name. Set in the insular fictional village of Duneen, West Cork, on the edge of Ireland, a place with its own...
Oct 24, 2022 | ARTicle
With the suicide rate at its highest in three decades, the story told in Mark E Scott’s Drunk Log is more relevant than ever, and lends fresh insight into the psychological factors that play an integral role in how people respond to deep trauma. The fast-paced...
Oct 20, 2022 | ARTicle
Graham Hopkins plays the Professor in Eugène Ionesco’s gripping play, The Lesson at the Market Theatre. Live performance: the thrill versus the nerves – where are you on that curve as a new show starts? It’s always a bit terrifying. Nerves are essential...